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The Prince of Wales’s official spending rose by £620,000 in the year that the
Duchess of Cambridge joined the Royal Family, his accounts reveal.

There was a 2.8 per cent increase in his income from the Duchy of Cornwall,
the private estate that funds the heir to the throne, and an 11.8 per cent
increase in his government funding to £2.2 million, to cover increased
travel.

Although the jump in spending is not all down to the Duchess, it does include
the cost of her official engagements, the extra staff who have been taken on
and her wardrobe for official